Comments on: Old Swan Centre, Yardley: Knight Adams Website http://acocksgreenfocusgroup.org.uk/2010/02/07/old-swan-centre-yardley-knight-adams-website/ Working for Acocks Green: A Conservation and Re-Design Group Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:09:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DocDelete http://acocksgreenfocusgroup.org.uk/2010/02/07/old-swan-centre-yardley-knight-adams-website/comment-page-1/#comment-769 DocDelete Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:03:01 +0000 http://acocksgreenfocusgroup.org.uk/?p=750#comment-769 I can see one major problem with the proposal - the traffic / pedestrian clash caused by creating a crossroads into the shrivelled park area. A dual carriageway that will carry heavy peak loads, mixing it up with a so-called pedestrian linkage? A crossing doesn't appear to be in the 3d rendering. Sink the road under at this point! I'm not sure that having the car parking at a remove from the foodstore threshold is sensible either. In an ideal world people shouldn't complain about trundling shopping trolleys a few extra meters, but they will - and across a so-called public square? It all looks nice, but I am surprised at how simple logistical issues like these can be overlooked. Or am *I* overlooking something? I can see one major problem with the proposal – the traffic / pedestrian clash caused by creating a crossroads into the shrivelled park area. A dual carriageway that will carry heavy peak loads, mixing it up with a so-called pedestrian linkage? A crossing doesn’t appear to be in the 3d rendering. Sink the road under at this point!

I’m not sure that having the car parking at a remove from the foodstore threshold is sensible either. In an ideal world people shouldn’t complain about trundling shopping trolleys a few extra meters, but they will – and across a so-called public square?

It all looks nice, but I am surprised at how simple logistical issues like these can be overlooked. Or am *I* overlooking something?

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